National News

International News

London/New York The price–fixing conspiracy Florence Giotto’s skeleton key Bilbao Gehry’s Guggenheim gets dirty Paris The other side of Hugo Johannesburg A Chagall first Santiago Chilly reception for Chilean retrospective

Art Market

New York Banking on art; the market for Alice Neel London A rubbish–to–riches story

City Focus: Vienna

Picking Up Speed: Vienna’s art community is updating its Old World imageSusan Ladika

Studio

Tackling Taboos: Alfred Hrdlicka, one of the first Austrian artists to address the Holocaust, has concentrated on depicting the power of prejudiceSusan Ladika

Design

Pitching Curves: Architect Peter Eisenman, once best known as a theoretician, is making waves with commissions abroad and at homeJoseph Giovannini

Artful Traveler

The Accidental Gallery: How a collection amassed for a Polish king ended up in a London suburbMichael Glover

Looking at Art

The Philosopher and the Butterfly: It’s not clear, in this Taoist painting, which is the dreamerLilly Wei

Books

The Idea of Louis Sullivan by John Szarkowski, reviewed by Blake Eskin; The Madonna of the Future: Essays in a Pluralistic Art World by Arthur C. Danto, reviewed by Kenneth Baker; Looking Back at Francis Bacon by David Sylvester, reviewed by Barbara A. MacAdam; The Painted City by Grace Glueck, reviewed by Sylvia Hochfield; Valley of the Golden Mummies by Zahi Hawass, reviewed by Sylvia Hochfield; Modern Art by Evelyn Toynton, reviewed by Ann Landi

Issues

November 2000 Issue

Most collectors think of their homes as sanctuaries for art, but danger lurks. Along with the obvious culprits, like fire and water, light is also a big threat, and the damage it can cause is irreversible. Even certain framing methods … Read More

Two art collectors with important works on paper left their living–room blinds open during an extended summer vacation. It was a decision they lived to regret.What happened reads like a third–grade science experiment. First, water seeped into the wall behind … Read More